My boyfriend was involved in a drunken driving accident a few years ago. He and his friends were coming home from a bar, there were driving on an old highway and the driver lost control of the car. They crashed and my boyfriend got thrown form the vehicle. His spinal cord was crushed and broken in half. He is in a wheel chair now and he will be for the rest of his life. Drinking to extremes is not ok. If you cannot drink with responsibility then you have a problem and an addiction treatment center can help you.